Quboid wrote on Oct 29, 2018, 12:48:If Twitter wants to make a healthier climate for debate they should get rid of the retweet button, it's basically a "manufacture outrage" button.

People would just do screenshots, but yes, I know "both sides" is often a bad argument, but both sides love to find some random lunatic (often a troll) with 3 followers saying something which then gets worked up and becomes a cause.

I'm pretty certain the entirety of GamerGate has lasted beyond the first week exclusively on intentional misunderstandings and overreacting to tweets by 14 year old girls with 0 followers.

People would do that and go back to copying the tweet and prefixing RT: but that would be an improvement. The ease at which people can (and do!) amplify unresearched/fabricated outrage is part of why it's so toxic. It would also get rid of the retweet 'score', which I think contributes to people getting off on being controversial.

Cutter wrote on Oct 27, 2018, 14:15:On the whole most people aren't. It's just that tiny minority of special little snowflakes who believe everyone should be able to sail through life without ever putting forth any effort, being put upon, or offended in even the slightest way. Oh boo hoo, life is tough, isn't it?

LOL, didn't you get banned from Steam forums for complaining about a game?

No. I was banned from a particular forum for complaining about their game - and I wasn't alone. Nor is this uncommon on Steam where some devs routinely band people and delete any criticism of their shitty products so they can continue to scam people. I was a paying customer who got ripped off and complained about it. That's an entirely different thing. Don't you dare lump me in with the snowflakes.

Just banned from one place the one time, is that right?

How often have you had comments here deleted because you angrily reacted? How many times have you been called out, only to melt away like a snowflake when the heat is on?

Who here sounds most like they'll think they need to turn to violence to defend their way of life? Could it be the guy who thinks a large portion of the population is "completely INSANE"? (An expression of frustration is one thing, but this is the rule and not the exception for him.)

Obviously Timmeh Timmehing on a message board is nothing like sending bombs or shooting at a senator but the mentality is there. Paranoid and riled up, detached from objective fact, seeing enemies around every corner that - without a shred of self-awareness - can't be reasoned with.

Since I do have a shred of self-awareness, I realise this means I see people who can't be reasoned with - but this is relatively small number of people and I don't consider them to be enemies or have anything like the animosity to them that Timmeh seems to have.

Rhialto wrote on Oct 25, 2018, 19:06:Holy! What a nice move. I already have it but get it if you don't...

It's an excellent shooter and it's cool that they're doing this.

Although I am very surprised that it's not the redux version. Presumably this is to get attention on Metro Exodus, so I'd expect them to want the other games to look their best to new comers. Also that might get people like me to play through it again and get hyped for Exodus too.

Cutter wrote on Oct 10, 2018, 10:55:AI doesn't exist. If said bias existed it was because of the variables it was programed with and nothing more.

Yes, because it's impossible to have a computer that iterates on its own code according to some set of goals and might come to unanticipated results. Humans are created by GOD and powered by MAGIC that can't be put into a machine!

How dense are you? The bias was coded in to begin with. The machine does not "think" for itself. That would be magic. Do even grasp the biological concept of how thought even works?

summerock wrote on Oct 9, 2018, 17:45:I love doctor who but this season is not my cup of tea. I think the rating is very high because people are just curious to see the change. We'll see if the viewership stand the test of time.

That's why I watched it. New doctor, new show runner, and a positive reaction (particularly from NerdCubed, who I always enjoy). I'm sure many others are in the same boat, and there will have been a lot of tedious people watching desperate for Jodie Whittaker to be either brilliant or awful. I liked her, but I couldn't say if she's true to the character (in so much as different regenerations are the same character).

I'm going to take it one episode at a time. It was good enough for me to want to watch the next one, but I'll probably lose interest pretty soon.

Did anyone watch Doctor Who? There's one thing I don't understand (spoilers): Why was the doctor there? Of all the basically infinite places and times she could appear, why was it on the exact place on earth that is being attacked?

jacobvandy wrote on Oct 8, 2018, 18:25:"The methodology used across all GfK Chart-Track's services is continuous quantitative retail research. GfK Chart-Track reports are based on retail/web sales where the data is captured electronically each day via EPoS systems."

They don't track digital.

I thought that's what they meant by "web sales". Is that people ordering the discs online?